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Generic revision of the cryptostome bryozoan Rhabdomeson Young and Young, 1874, with descriptions of two species from the Lower Carboniferous of the British Isles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Patrick N. Wyse Jackson  and
Adrian J. Bancroft
Patrick N. Wyse Jackson
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
Adrian J. Bancroft
Affiliation:
95 Moel Gron, Mynydd Isa, near Mold, Clwyd CH7 6XE, Wales
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Abstract

Two rhabdomesonid cryptostome bryozoans, Rhabdomeson progracile n. sp. and Rhabdomeson rhombiferum (Phillips, 1836), are described from the Lower Carboniferous of the British Isles. A revised familial diagnosis of Rhabdomesidae Vine, 1884, and a revised generic diagnosis of Rhabdomeson Young and Young, 1874, are presented. Taxonomic complications relating to the type species of the genus, which date from 1844, are discussed, and it is suggested that a new type species is required.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 69 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 28 - 45
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